Healing Encounters with Jesus

Jesus was more than just a great teacher and a strong moral influence for the people who crowded around him long ago. His power to heal demonstrated his divine identity and intended mission. With compassion and dignity, Jesus brought health and wholeness to the sick and suffering. People who encountered Jesus were never the same again.

How do we encounter Jesus today? Invite your friends, classmates or coworkers to discuss these stories using the questions designed for those in the nursing profession. Learn how to do a nursing assessment on characters from the Bible and how to apply Scripture to nursing by putting faith into practice.

Healing Encounters Bible Studies:

Often a person's physical needs are obvious, but how do nurses learn to identify spiritual or non-physical needs? See how Jesus intervenes to treat a quadriplegic in this story from Luke 5:18-26. [Download PDF]